For other uses, see Tavares (disambiguation).Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) are a successful American R&B, funk and soul music group, composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Band members, Ralph - Ralph Vierra Tavares (born December 10, 1941), Pooch - Arthur Paul Tavares (born November 12, 1943), Chubby - Antone Lee Tavares (born June 2, 1945), Butch - Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Jr. (born May 18, 1948), Tiny - Perry Lee Tavares (born October 24, 1949), Bi...